LETTER: Sees Anti-Catholic Bias In Column On Cardinal Dolan

July 10, 2013

The Courant fired another salvo of rank anti-Catholicism by running Mary Sanchez's column "Archbishop Was Not Quite A Hero" [July 7, Opinion]. Ms. Sanchez and the Courant revel in taking a cheap shot at the Catholic Church, attacking Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the most notable face among church leaders in the U.S.

Regrettably, The Courant didn't publish Cardinal Dolan's deposition explaining why he transferred $57 million into a cemetery trust as archbishop of Milwaukee. The money for Catholic cemeteries was always a separate financial entity, and creating a perpetual care fund for them was required by both Wisconsin state law and the policies of Archdiocese of Milwaukee's own financial council.

If Cardinal Dolan sought to hide money from the victims of clerical sex abuse and diocesan bankruptcy proceedings, why did he openly follow both canon law and civil law scrupulously in doing so?

Ms. Sanchez, who insinuates that Cardinal Dolan was a bureaucratic pawn in a larger shell game, is a muckraker. The Courant perennially publishes such anti-Catholic commentary without investigating the totality of the issue. The truth will set us free, not the opinions of the misinformed who take facts out of context.